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Back to homepageLeon Trotsky. Mayakovsky’s Suicide
Without exaggeration it can be said that Mayakovsky had the spark of genius. But his was not a harmonious talent
Read MoreON A DAY THIS WEEK, in April, 1930
The 14th April 1930, Leningrad’s Krasnaya Gazeta (The Red Gazette) reported that Soviet “poet-tribune” Vladimir (Volodya) Mayakovsky, had committed suicide by shooting himself through the heart
Read MoreArmas químicas en Siria: Consejo de Seguridad y Estados Unidos
En razón de sustancias químicas en Siria que, el pasado 4 de abril han dejado un saldo mortífero de 87 personas, entre las cuales 20 niños, y más de 400 heridos
Read MoreKURDISH HUNGER STRIKES. INTENSIFY DESPITE HOPES OF DIALOGUE
there is now serious concern that after an unbelievable 54 days on hunger strike (as of April 9th) a number of prisoners are passing the point of no return
Read MoreEritrea: ‘Disappeared’ prisoner of conscience, Dawit Isaak, wins World press freedom prize, 2017
Post Views: 112 Eritrean writer and journalist and Swedish citizen (for all the good it does him) Dawit Isaak, has been awarded the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2017. The $25,000 award is named after Guillermo Cano Isaza, a
Read MoreAMERICA LATINA AL INICIO DE LA ERA TRUMP
América Latina en la mirilla. La toma de posesión del nuevo Presidente de los EE.UU ha dado inicio a una nueva era
Read MoreTurkish Court Curtails Writer’s Travel
n the same month that a Turkish Court sentenced Zehra Doğan, artist and journalist, to almost 3 years in prison for a painting, an Istanbul court has reaffirmed the travel ban on writer Asli Erdoğan in the ongoing war against Freedom of Expression the Turkish State is currently engaged in
Read MoreTURKEY HUNGER STRIKES: DIALOGUE BEGINS
Dialogue has begun between prison authorities and the hunger-striking Kurdish prisoners held in in Edirne High Security Prison in the northwestern province.
Read MoreZehra Doğan Sentenced!
the Mardin 2nd High Criminal Court has sentenced Zehra Doğan to 2 years, 9 months and 22 days imprisonment for the painting
Read MoreON A DAY THIS WEEK, IN MARCH, 2012. Adrienne Cecile Rich
In a day this week, the 27th March, 2012, at her home in Santa Cruz, California, the American poet, feminist and social critic Adrienne Cecile Rich died
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